National High School Leadership Conference

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Young America’s Foundation’s Gratia Houghton Rinehart National High School Leadership Conference is an exciting four-day gathering of high school students eager to learn and be inspired by conservative ideas. By attending this crash-course in conservatism, you will get to talk with some of the Conservative Movement’s brightest minds, be inspired by their stories and insights, meet like-minded peers from across the country, receive invaluable resources, and even take a tour of the national monuments dedicated to our nation’s Founding Fathers.

THE BENEFITS:

Learn from top strategists and leaders in the Conservative Movement about how to champion your principles at your school & beyond!

Meet and network with like-minded students and participate in discussion with fellow students

Tour our nation's capitol

Interact with your conservative heroes

Receive valuable resource materials

Improve your critical thinking and debate skills

Become a young leader in the Conservative Movement

THE COST: The conference fee ($100 if you register by July 6, $175 if you register after) includes three nights in the dormitories at the National 4-H Youth Conference Center, conference tuition, materials, and meals from Wednesday dinner through Saturday breakfast. While books are sometimes provided, most are sold at the conference, so you will need extra money if you plan to purchase the speakers’ books to have signed. Leave extra room in your suitcase, as we often give out SWAG!

NEED TRAVEL ASSISTANCE? Yes—travel assistance may be available on a case-by-case basis for those with demonstrable financial need. Please email a brief essay (no more than a page) to travel@yaf.org that includes:

• Language regarding your financial need
• What you hope to gain by attending the conference
• Your travel plans
• The expected amount of your travel plans and the amount you are requesting. (For example, Expected travel costs from LAX to IAD $500. I am requesting $200 in assistance.)

We will not consider your request until we receive this completed essay.

Please note that travel assistance is not guaranteed, and is allocated on a case-by-case basis. Incomplete essays will not be considered. Travel assistance essays are due no later than June 11, but are issued first come first served.

Speakers

Jim Jordan

U.S. Congressman

Jim Jordan was raised in Champaign County, Ohio, graduating from Graham High School in 1982, where he was a four-time state champion in wrestling with a career record of 150-1. He went on to earn a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics from the University of Wisconsin, where he was a two-time NCAA wrestling champion. He later…

Angela 'Bay' Buchanan

Former Treasurer of the United States, Commentator and Realtor

In 1981, President Ronald Reagan appointed Bay Buchanan, then 32, to be Treasurer of the United States. She became the youngest person to ever hold the position. In the following thirty years, Buchanan remained at the forefront of American politics. Working on six presidential campaigns and chairing three of them, hosting her own national radio…

Ron Robinson

President of Young America's Foundation, Trustee of The Phillips Foundation, Author, Director of Citizen's United and American Conservative Union

Video: How Does the Media Treat Conservatives? (10-19-12) 52:53 Ron Robinson has served as Young America’s Foundation’s president for more than four decades. Time magazine wrote that Young America’s “[F]oundation—run by a former Reagan Administration advisor, Ron Robinson—is now the nation’s largest advocacy group devoted to student politics.” Time referred to Robinson as one of the “seasoned generals of the right” who…

Patrick X Coyle

Patrick Coyle is the vice president for Young America’s Foundation. Human Events named Mr. Coyle as one of the top ten young conservative activists in the nation, citing his success in reaching hundreds of thousands of students by sending high profile conservative speakers to college campuses. He is also co-editor with Foundation president Ron Robinson…

Burt Folsom

Professor, Columnist, Historian and Author

Historian Burt Folsom of Hillsdale College is the longest serving faculty member of Young America’s Foundation’s student programs, where he consistently receives top ratings from the young people he reaches at each YAF event. Dr. Folsom is a native of Lincoln, Nebraska, and he received his B.A. from Indiana University, his M.A. from the University…